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thurirúvuukva to urinate all over oneself
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6021 | revised Jan 29 2016
thurirúvuukva • V • to urinate all over oneself
| Derivation: | thúriruv-uk-va | (= thúriv-iruv-uk-va) |
| urinate.on.oneself-to.here-PL.ACT | (= urinate-too.much-to.here-PL.ACT) |
Note: May take na- '1sg.' instead of ni-.
- tanathurirúvuukva. I'm pissing all over myself. [Reference: WB T9.34]
- tanachuninúvuukvach. I'm pitifully pissing all over myself. [Reference: KT 145.23]
Sentence examples (2)
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yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh,
chími âapun,
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun,
tá nichnahirúvuukva,
chími âapun,
tá nithurirúvuukva,
chími âapun."
"We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
kári xás upíip "
matêe kuvaan,
tá nathurirúvuukva."
And he said, "matêe kuvaan, I'm urinating all over myself!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text